// Year 12 // Issue 13 // 26 June 2019 NEWSLETTER CUM MAGAZINE OF OASIS MOVEMENT
Special Leadership Dream India Camp
Oasis Discovering and Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders
Sparkling Moments during Leadership Dream India Camp
Dream India Camps are special, but do you know what is even more special? ‘Leaders’ Dream India Camp.’ One such camp was organized at Oasis Valleys during May 9 to 19. 100 aspiring leaders from 3 different states underwent screening tests as leaders and poured their hearts to maximize their learning. The camp was facilitated by Sheeba Nair and Viral Patel, and it turned out to be a powerful and transforming experience for the participants as well as the faculties. The participants got to know what leadership stands for, what being a leader means and they demonstrated their leadership by making a difference by their work.
Star Assembly
"Encourage Kids, because you have no idea what they are truly capable of!"
Facilitator Sheeba Nair Affirming One of the Participants
Star Assembly Reflection
“આ સમર કૅમ્પ દરમ્યાન સૌથી વધુ સ્ટાર એસેમ્બલી માણી કારણ કે તેમાં જ્યારે બધાને સ્ટાર મળે છે ત્યારે તે વ્યક્તિને તાળી પાડીને પ્રોત્સાહિત કરવામાં આવે છે અને આ સમયેે બધામાં અલગ જ પ્રકારનો જોશ જોવા મળે છે.”
- સૃષ્ટિ જોષી
Children taking oath for living their highest ideals in
the Leadership Dream India Camp
Project Work Children Take the Responsibility of Beautifying Oasis Valleys
Glimpses of different projects children worked in for 8 Days
Project Work Reflections
"The most favorite thing of the camp for me is all project sessions that we have. The society consider some work as smaller than other, but we have done all work that 'small' people do."
- Om Patel
“સમગ્ર કૅમ્પમાંથી મારો પ્રિય સેશન ટેકનિકલ રિપેર્સનો હતો. કારણ કે ઘરે બસ આખો દિવસ ખાવું, પીવું અને સૂવું આ જ કામ કર્યું હતું. કોઈ દિવસ મહેનત નથી કરવી પડી. પરંતુ આ કામનાંં લીધે મને ખબર પડી કે મહેનત કોને કહેવાય છે. મહેનત કરવાથી લાગેલી ભૂખ સંતોષ ભરેલી હોય છે. તેથી મને ખૂબ જ મજા આવી.”
- દૃષ્ટિ કલારિયા
"Best session is paper recycling because it provides solutions towards the biggest environmental problem. We learn how to use paper and how we can save paper and we become responsible for Nature. Through this we learn to recycle paper and create new paper."
- Mansi Gupta
“અહીંથી પાછા ગયા પછી સૌથી વધુ હું પ્રોજેકટ વર્કને યાદ કરીશ કારણ કે ટીમમાં કામ કરવાની ખૂબ જ મજા આવે છે. બધાની અલગ-અલગ ખાસિયતો જાણવા મળે છે. અને ટીમમાં કરેલા કામનું પરીણામ પણ ખૂબ જ સરસ મળે છે.”
- સૃષ્ટિ જોષી
Oasis Valleys became a more beautiful place,
Thanks to participants’ hearty efforts and enthusiasm
Learning Sessions
Children Learn New Things through Skill and
Character Development Sessions
Participants learning to dance during the Skill Learning Session
Reflections from Learning Session
“આ કૅમ્પમાં મારો પ્રિય સેશન ‘My Life My Choice’ હતો કારણ કે તેમાં હું જીવનમાં આવતી સમસ્યાઓમાંથી કેવી રીતે બહાર નીકળી શકાય તે શીખી છું. અને સમસ્યાઓને કેવી રીતે કંટ્રોલ કરી શકીએ તે શીખવા મળ્યું.”
- મિનલ પરમાર
"My favorite session is 'What is love.' Through this session we learn the differences between love and attraction. Love is really a deep subject. Love is an art."
- Priyanshi Sheladiya
"‘Street Play’ સૌથી વધુ પ્રિય સેશન હતો કારણ કે તેમાં અમને એક્ટિંગ કરવા મળતી અને હસતાં-હસતાં ઘણું બધું શીખતા હતા. તેથી અમને તેમાં ખૂબ જ મજા આવી.”
- કેવિન કોટડીયા
Team of Resource Persons and Volunteers across state and outside who underwent
Facilitator training during the camp
Reflections by Faculties
“સમગ્ર ડ્રીમ ઈન્ડિયા કૅમ્પની સૌથી મોટી વિશેષતા મને એ લાગી કે સમગ્ર કૅમ્પનું સંચાલન બાળકો દ્વારા કરવામાં આવતું હતું. ફૅકલ્ટી તો ફક્ત માધ્યમ હતુંં બાકી સંચાલન તો બાળકો જ બધા નિર્ણયો લઈને કરે છે. અહીં બધાને જ સમાન ગણવામાં આવે છે. આથી બાળકો ખૂબ જ દિલથી નાનકડાં ભારતમાં રહે છે અને મજા કરે છે. ”
"It exceeded any expectation I had. I was curious to see what happened, and in return I received an incredible amount of love. The environment created here is contagious and makes every hour of the day worth it. One of the biggest thing I noted in myself was how every minute of the daytime is utilized and I have seen how that has helped my energy levels. My teaching experience at DIC is one I will never forget and hope to do again."
- Lavanya Talati, Intern, FLAME University, Pune
“ડ્રીમ ઈન્ડિયા કૅમ્પ જ મારા માટે વિશેષ છે. કારણ કે બાળકો સવારે ૬ વાગે ઊઠીને રાતના ૧૦ વાગ્યા સુધી કામ કરે અને ૪ કલાક તો મહેનત ભર્યું કામ કરે. હસતાં-હસતાં સ્વતંત્રતાની સાથે જવાબદાર પણ એટલાંં જ બને છે. ખૂબ જ પ્રેમાળ અને આત્મવિશ્વાસુ પણ બને છે.”
- ઘનશ્યામ લાડુમોર,ટ્રસ્ટી, સુરત
Reflections from Guest Faculties
Team of Young Architects & Interior designers from Esteem, Surat,
who were Special Faculties for Recycling Project
"The moment I entered ‘Oasis Valleys’ it detached me from the rest of the world in a ‘Better Way’. Every person here be it a management team member or the student or faculty, has been very warm & welcoming; this kind of freedom students feel here is something really magical. It makes them independent and gives them a bigger view of real-world challenges. ‘Oasis’ is doing some really good job, more power to your positivity, undying energy and to awake this world ‘Equal & Better’."
- Vidhi Desai, Interior designer, Surat
"The concept of DIC is something really different, everything over here is of the children with their own rules and regulation and their own decisions. They are free to live in their own space and that is where they can grow themselves."
- Yashraj Shah, Architect, Surat
Overall Manager of the Special LDIC Sharing Her Journey of Commitment and Growth
"I want to share 2 things: 1. The workload was so high that even if i used every minute, somethings would still be undone. This made me actually use each minute so wisely, that i genuinely felt like i lived 3 days in one. The efficiency and productivity was very high. When i compared this to the daily life we live, I realised that our honest true potential can only come out when we take a lot of burden.
2. The second most important learning was values and character. Doing work is not exceptional, doing work with purpose and values is. To really aim for excellence is what tests us on filed - our commitment, perseverance and love. No matter how high our intellect is, or how skilled we are, there comes a point beyond which only and only character counts."
- Riya Shah, Young Facilitator of Oasis, Surat
Do You Think Today's Generation is Lazy and Irresponsible?
Think Again!
"Most of us think that present young generation or teenagers don't want to do anything. They are aimless, they don't want to do HARD WORK at all. As a growing youth I also had started believing that youths of my age actually don’t want to work hard or achieve tall goals. In these 7 days I realised that my belief for youngsters has shaken from roots. Youths actually are enthusiastic, positive, want to do something great and meaningful in their life and also want to become independent. They just need proper environment where everyone around them is a role model. Where there are positive vibes, enthusiasm, love. And importantly where doing right things is important and for that everyone is helping each other unconditionally to become independent. I also realised peers can more effectively empower youth.
I witnessed this environment present in the process of Misaal Honourship Explorers Program. Just in 7 days teens who never even take a glass of water by themselves in routine life, are happily working hard when they get proper environment and support of community. In fact, I learnt from them what it is to work hard with full of love to achieve something great which has ultimately changed my belief about them today."
- Aatmaja Soni, Young Facilitator of Oasis, Vadodara
Night Out Experiences Testing True Leadership Potentials while Facing Major Indian Problems
Special Sessions called 'Night Outs' were introduced for the first time in Oasis DIC camp. The night outs were designed to sensitize budding leaders about Real India and issues afflicting the nation by first hand experience. It covered issues of Slums, Rural development, Homelessness and street kids, increasing Unemployment and Heath care in Govt hospitals as also poverty.
Different group were assigned different projects of the above. It included stayover at different places. A village near Oasis Valleys, Vadodara Railway Station, S.S.G. Hospital, Tourist spot in Vadodara city center and one of the largest slums in the town. With no money or resources given to the youngsters, they bravely spent the night at these spots understanding ground realities by being one among them. It turned out be a life-changing adventure for each one as they struggled with their beliefs, fears, complexes and faced harsh realities.
This experience got them to learn about the problems of our country and also helped them to empathize with the situation closely. It led them to initiate thinking in the direction of being a solution to these problems.
Parliament Session This Session Proves that Children are Innately Wise & Capable
Youths taking decisions by themselves during Leadership Dream India Camp
Reflections for Parliament Sessions
"મને અદાલત ખૂબ જ ગમી કારણ કે તેમાં બાળકોનો વિકાસ થાય છે. કોઈ પણ કેસનો નિર્ણય ખૂબ ઝીણવટપૂર્વક લેવામાં આવે છે. અને ખાસ ત્યારે કે જ્યાં સુધી બંને પક્ષને સંતોષ ન થાય ત્યાં સુધી કેસ ચાલે છે.”
- પ્રિયાંશી શેલડીયા
"Parliament is the most important session in the camp. Because it give learning to whole community. Moreover each and everyone can share their views for any situation."
- Akhilesh R.
“બહારના ભારતમાં પણ નહીં ચાલતી હોય તેવી સમજદારી ભરી અદાલત આ ડ્રીમ ઈન્ડિયા કૅમ્પમાં થાય છે. જ્યારે જૂરી તેમનાં સ્થાને હોય છે ત્યારે ખૂબ જ સારી રીતે પોતાની જવાબદારી નિભાવે છે. અને બધા એક-બીજાને ખૂબ જ સમજદારીપૂર્વક સાથ આપે છે.”
- પૂર્વા પટેલ
Children learning to solve their problems on their own through Parliament Sessions
Diary Writing & Sharing Session Memory is the Diary that We All Carry with us
Diary Writing & Sharing Session which gave space to Children to reflect their whole day
What they learnt from this Leadership DIC that makes them happy?
“આ કૅમ્પમાંથી મને ઘણું બધું જાણવા અને શીખવા મળ્યું. ખાસ કરીને ટાઈમ મેનેજમેન્ટ કરતા શીખ્યા છીએ. અમને ટાઈમની વેલ્યૂ ખબર પડી છે. તેથી મને ખૂબ જ ખુશી થઈ.”
- ધ્રુવીલ શેરઠિયા
"It is the self-confidence which increased in me. Also, the leadership and communication skills of mine that have been improved which makes me happy."
- Hard Kapadia
“હું પહેલાં કઈ પણ બોલતી ન હતી, મને પોતાના પર વિશ્વાસ પણ ન હતો, પરંતુ આ ડ્રીમ ઈન્ડિયા કૅમ્પમાં આવ્યા પછી હું બધા સાથે બોલતી થઈ છું. પોતાના પર વિશ્વાસ આવ્યો છે. હું કામ બીજા પાસે કરાવતી હતી પણ અહીં હું જવાબદારી લઉં છું કે હું મારું કામ જાતે કરું અને કોઈ પણ કામમાં આળસ નહીં કરું.”
- રીયા ગોહેલ
"Before the DIC I didn't really talk much with people. But here through it was my first time in O.V I felt like everyone was very supportive & encouraging. Here everyone is my friend and I am now open to speak with everyone. It felt like a family."
- Nayome Naik
“આ ડ્રીમ ઈન્ડિયા કૅમ્પમાં આવ્યા બાદ હું ઘણી બદલાઈ છું. પહેલાંં જો મારીથી ભૂલ થતી તો હું તેને ઢાંકવાનો પ્રયત્ન કરતી હતી પણ અહીંયાંં આવીને ભૂલને સ્વીકારવાની હિંમત રાખું છું. અને માફી પણ માંગુ છું.”
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Sheeba Nair
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